{"id":9508,"date":"2026-08-31T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/9508\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:16:10","slug":"scottie-scheffler-just-won-10-million-at-the-tour-championship-so-why-was-he-craving-a-cheeseburger-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/9508\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler just won $10 million at the Tour Championship, so why was he craving a cheeseburger? | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ScottieScottie Scheffler just won $10 million at the Tour Championship, so why was he craving a cheeseburger? Scottie Scheffler ended his 2026 PGA Tour season with a $10 million Tour Championship win, but his first thought after the big payday was surprisingly simple. The world No. 1 said he wanted a cheeseburger, fries and maybe a milkshake. He also grabbed a rare beer after finishing at 16-under at East Lake in Atlanta. The win gave Scheffler his second FedExCup title and moved him past Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour\u2019s career earnings list.<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler wanted a cheeseburger after his $10 million Tour Championship win<\/p>\n

Scheffler entered the final round three shots behind Viktor Hovland, but he quickly changed the picture. He nearly made an ace on the second hole and caught Hovland with a birdie on the fourth. He then pulled away late, closing with a 4-under 66 to finish three shots ahead of Hovland.The PGA Tour said Scheffler finished the tournament at 16-under 264. Hovland was second at 13-under, while Ryan Gerard finished third at 12-under. Scheffler collected the $10 million first prize from the $40 million Tour Championship purse.After the win, reporters asked Scheffler what he planned to do first. His answer had little to do with the size of his prize.\u201cGosh, I don\u2019t know. Probably a cheeseburger. I\u2019m a big cheeseburger guy. Cheeseburger, fries\u2026 maybe a milkshake if they got one hiding back there,\u201d Scheffler said, according to The New York Post.That was not the only small celebration Scheffler had in mind. After finishing his round and waiting to complete his media duties, he spotted an open bar and decided to have a beer.<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler celebrated with a rare beer before family time<\/p>\n

Scheffler said he does not drink very often, but the beer sounded good after the final round. He wanted to get inside for some air conditioning and had a few minutes before more media work.\u201cThere was an open bar inside and I\u2019m like, \u2018All right, I\u2019m grabbing a beer.\u2019 It tasted great,\u201d Scheffler said, according to the Associated Press.His wife, Meredith, and his manager were surprised because they rarely see him drink.\u201cYeah, it\u2019s fun. I don\u2019t really drink very often. My wife and my manager were like, \u2018Wow, I haven\u2019t seen you have a beer in a long time.\u2019 And it\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, well, season\u2019s over now. I\u2019m going to have a beer. Well-earned beer,\u2019\u201d Scheffler said.Scheffler can now take some time away from competition with Meredith and their two sons, Bennett and Remy. His next major team event is the Presidents Cup at Medinah, which begins Sept. 22.The victory also changed the PGA Tour\u2019s career earnings record. Scheffler now has $130,390,661 in official PGA Tour earnings, moving past Woods\u2019 $120,999,166. The win was Scheffler\u2019s 22nd PGA Tour title and his third victory of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler just won $10 million at the Tour Championship, so why was he craving a cheeseburger? Scottie…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_volume":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3325,2889,3326,1926,3327,13,2853,158],"class_list":["post-9508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scottie-scheffler","tag-cheeseburger-craving","tag-east-lake-atlanta","tag-fedexcup-title","tag-pga-tour-earnings","tag-presidents-cup-2026","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-tour-championship-2026","tag-viktor-hovland","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@fogolf\/117191018054355485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}